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DNR tables rule setting on using technology to check traps after trappers raise enforcement, animal-welfare concerns
Summary
The Natural Resources Board postponed consideration of the department's wildlife management rule that would set standards for electronic monitoring of traps after trappers and Conservation Congress delegates asked for more time to weigh enforcement and animal welfare implications.
The Natural Resources Board on June 25, 2025, voted to table for further discussion a board order that would place standards in code for hunters and trappers using electronic technology to monitor traps.
The department's presenter, Scott Carroll, regulation policy specialist for the Bureau of Wildlife Management, told the board the item was brought forward because a legal review found the existing rules do not prohibit using remote technology to check a trap and no statutory standards exist to govern how that technology is used. "What we heard from our legal staff is that…
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